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Detroit Area Doctor And Pharmacist Convicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert Controlled Substances And Health Care Fraud

March 07, 2014
… physicians writing prescriptions for expensive medications, without regard to medical necessity, that could be billed to … wrote numerous prescriptions for expensive medications, without regard to medical necessity, that could be filled at …
March 07, 2014
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Costco Wholesale Corp. To Pay $11.75 Million To Settle Allegations Of Weak Pharmacy Controls

January 19, 2017
… Company admits that some of its pharmacies dispensed drugs without fully complying with the Controlled Substance Act … inspections of all DEA registered Costco Pharmacy locations without Administrative Inspection Warrants.  The DEA …
January 19, 2017
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Doctor Who Owned McAllen Medical Clinic In Dallas Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

January 13, 2017
… wrote or signed prescriptions for 30mg oxycodone pills without conducting medical exams of patients, without determining there was a legitimate medical purpose …
January 13, 2017
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Six Arrested In Drug Raid Involving Correctional Facilities

April 10, 2014
… correctional facilities and would not have been possible without the extraordinary assistance of Commissioner Kim … Drug Enforcement Administration in Birmingham, Alabama.  “Without the invaluable assistance from the Alabama …
April 10, 2014
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83 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of San Juan

March 05, 2013
… 83 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of San Juan March … rules included the following: shifts were not to be changed without authorization; those who were not scheduled to work … be allowed to request what narcotics they want to purchase, without taking money from their hands; and  members of the …
March 05, 2013
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Two "Pill Mill" Owners Convicted

March 27, 2014
… such acts anymore. This case would not have been a success without collaborative law enforcement partnerships.” “The … mass profits.  Dr. Chapman allegedly did so, however, without conducting sufficient medical examinations and, …
March 27, 2014
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Manhattan Doctor Charged With Writing Thousands Of Illegal Prescriptions

June 05, 2017
… substances, particularly opioids such as oxycodone, without a legitimate medical purpose. Tesher was arrested … Tesher prescribed the patient 15 oxycodone pills a day without even basic verification that the patient had any …
June 05, 2017
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Former Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Pain Medication

May 14, 2015
… hydrocodone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone, for individuals without conducting legitimate medical examinations. In 2010, … substance pain medication at the request of the individuals without conducting a thorough medical exam. In addition, on …
May 14, 2015
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Queens Doctor Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

May 03, 2013
… for approximately 376,469 pills to numerous individuals without performing any meaningful medical examination and in … In some cases, Mayard allegedly issued the prescriptions without even meeting the purported patients. On February 6, …
May 03, 2013
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Doctor Sentenced For Running Pill Mill And Contributing To A Death

September 24, 2013
… investigate any doctor who is selling prescriptions without a legitimate medical need, thereby contributing to … prescriptions for them to obtain oxycodone-based drugs without there being a legitimate medical purpose for the …
September 24, 2013
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Long Island Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

May 21, 2014
… of prescriptions for thousands of opioid pain pills without legitimate medical need BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A criminal … “By prescribing thousands of highly addictive pain pills without a legitimate medical purpose, Dr. Randall ignored …
May 21, 2014
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

July 22, 2014
… 720-431-8836 Defendant provided prescriptions for oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose and for sale NEW YORK - … for hundreds of oxycodone pills to two of his patients without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the course …
July 22, 2014
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To Eight Years Of Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

October 02, 2014
… 720-431-8836 Defendant provided prescriptions for oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose BROOKLYN, N.Y. - … prescribed Manzella an additional 270 oxycodone pills without performing any medical evaluation. Manzella died the …
October 02, 2014
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Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Meth

June 13, 2025
… have been sentenced for their involvement in possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting … of an investigation into information received by deputies with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office in January 2024 … and Coleman had exchanged text messages concerning the delivery of the packages to the address in Crowley. …
June 13, 2025
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DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea and local law enforcement officials announce the largest domestic seizure of methamphetamine in DEA history

October 14, 2020
… to the Sinaloa Cartel involved in the transportation and delivery of large quantities of cocaine and crystal …
October 14, 2020
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Maryland Man Convicted of Fentanyl Distribution

February 25, 2025
… District of Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, in partnership with our federal, state and local partners, will continue … fake pills containing lethal amounts of fentanyl with no regard for human lives. Today’s guilty verdict … both a home he controlled in Accokeek and during in-person deliveries at various locations to users and other dealers.  …
February 25, 2025
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Federal Jury Finds New Haven Man Guilty of Drug Trafficking and Firearm Possession Offenses

March 02, 2025
… contained narcotics had been mailed to addresses associated with Franco and Fox.  Investigators also determined that two … parcel destined for an address in East Haven associated with Franco and Fox.  A court-authorized search of the … On March 7, 2022, investigators made a controlled delivery of the intercepted parcel to the East Haven …
March 02, 2025
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Johnston Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Thousands of Fentanyl Pills

June 02, 2024
… to a federal judge that he arranged for the sale and delivery of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills, some of which … opioid traffickers.” “The state of Rhode Island is faced with a fentanyl crisis unlike ever before as deaths continue … accountable for his crimes and we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to put other callous …
June 02, 2024
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DEA Launches First Year of Operation Engage in Richmond, VA

May 06, 2022
… Virginia this year and will be implemented through the delivery of numerous prevention and outreach programs, the …
May 06, 2022
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Leader of Large Cartel-Connected Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

December 19, 2023
… Leader of Large Cartel-Connected Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison December 19, … @DEASeattleDiv David F. Reames Domestic Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Additional Division Info Community … directed numerous redistributors, providing them drugs for delivery and collecting cash drug proceeds; and he laundered …
December 19, 2023
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Leader of Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

December 01, 2023
… Castillo personally came to Massachusetts to oversee the delivery of fentanyl shipments and to launder drug proceeds …
December 01, 2023
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Mexican National Sentenced to 144 Months for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

March 29, 2023
… 2020, Madrigal-Deniz made arrangements for a ten-pound delivery of methamphetamine from Muniz-De La Mora, who …
March 29, 2023
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Multiple Defendants Charged in Federal Investigation that Dismantled Telephone Drug Hotline in Chicago

November 16, 2020
… in Bryant’s organization used the phone line to arrange deliveries of narcotics to customers, the complaint states. …
November 16, 2020
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Defendant Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine from Prison

July 20, 2018
… in liquid and crystal form. Silva coordinated deliveries of this methamphetamine with a source of supply …
July 20, 2018
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Five Estonian residents arrested for conspiring to import carfentanil and fentanyl into the United States

May 09, 2019
… among other places. In May 2018, Magerramov coordinated the delivery of samples of carfentanil to the CS in Country-2. …
May 09, 2019
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Kalamazzo, Michigan methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to over nineteen years

September 26, 2018
… and David Leroy Strickler were charged in December 2017 with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and various other … Saldana coordinated receipt of the methamphetamine deliveries with Thomas Lee Cowley and Sheryl Ayad. After …
September 26, 2018
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Brownsville Drug Dealer Gets Four Life Sentences

December 11, 2013
… house. Cardenas was convicted in three separate cases of delivery of cocaine in 1995 and is, therefore, prohibited by …
December 11, 2013
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Pharmacist Admits Attempting To Use Deadly Toxins As Weapons, Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

May 29, 2014
… through the skin. Law enforcement officers intercepted the delivery during the investigation.   On Nov. 14, 2013, …
May 29, 2014
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Federal Search Warrant Executed At Golden Grove Correctional Facility In St. Croix

April 08, 2014
… the use of cellular phones by inmates to arrange for delivery of contraband to COs, the smuggling of contraband …
April 08, 2014
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High-Level Sinaloa Cartel Member’s Guilty Plea Unsealed; Zambada-Niebla’s Cooperation With U.S. Revealed

April 10, 2014
… Zambada-Niebla “subsequently assisted in coordinating the delivery of cocaine to wholesale distributors in Mexico, …
April 10, 2014